DescriptionTasmacetus shepherdi, Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, January 27, 2017.png
English: The first underwater sighting of Shepherd's beaked whales, taken January 27, 2017, off Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha. The second is barely visible above the first, slightly to the right. The image's original caption (fig. 2) reads: "Shepherd's beaked whales (Tasmacetus shepherdi), as observed on footage from mid-water stereo-BRUVS collected off the south-east coast of Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha. Key diagnostic morphological features indicated are: a robust rostrum tapered towards the tip, b prominent, bulbous and pale melon, c mask-like area of darker colouration surrounding the eye, d white throat patch, e white blaze above pectoral fins, f dark dorsal cape and g lightly pigmented caudal peduncle"
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Christopher D. H. Thompson, Phil J. Bouchet, & Jessica J. Meeuwig (December 2019). "First underwater sighting of Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi)". Marine Biodiversity Records12 (1): 6. DOI:
10.1186/s41200-019-0165-6., Fig. 2 (
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Christopher D. H. Thompson, Phil J. Bouchet, Jessica J. Meeuwig
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Two Shepherd's beaked whales off Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha
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